Sentence examples for first ascertaining from inspiring English sources

In 2014, I initiated a Change.org petition calling on the Obama administration to address the FGM problem in the US by first ascertaining the prevalence of FGM here and then devise a national plan to end the practice and provide services to FGM survivors.

So how can you avoid the latter? 1. Know your audience It's pointless investing time or money in developing your brand without first ascertaining what will resonate with your audience, and to understand your customer's habits, wants and needs it is essential to talk to them, says Matthew Crole Rees, head of marketing at carfused.com, a brand offshoot for confused.com.

Investigation of SBS requires first ascertaining whether the complaints are actually due to poor IAQ; if so, the investigation will gather information about the building's ventilation, heating and air conditioning system, possible sources of internal contaminants, and possible pathways for exterior pollutants to enter the building.

If routine practice had been followed, by first ascertaining the scale and extent of landslide, and then making the official decision, action would have been delayed, and casualties would almost certainly have resulted.

Making an assessment of a TEG system takes in first ascertaining the minimum TEG concentration needed to fulfill the water content and dew point specifications of the pipeline system.

It's the same as asking complete strangers to pee on you, i.e. asking them to complete a fantasy of yours without first ascertaining whether they're into it.

Equally ruthless is her sendup of overachieving New York women in feral pursuit of have-it-all motherhood without having first ascertained if they even like children.

1. Monopoly Power The threshold element of a Section 2 monopolization offense being "the possession of monopoly power in the relevant market," the court must first ascertain the boundaries of the commercial activity that can be termed the "relevant market".

She noted that the board should first ascertain whether physical or mental illness, or the shareholder's age, interferes with his ability to remedy the unsafe conditions without assistance.

"It is a cardinal principle" of statutory interpretation, however, that when an act of Congress raises "a serious doubt" as to its constitutionality, "this court will first ascertain whether a construction of the statute is fairly possible by which the question may be avoided".

Optimum collector configurations were first ascertained by FEA modelling.